Sunday, November 8, 2015

As we gear up for the tipoff of basketball this year, we have a slightly adjusted Final Four based on the highest rankings of all players at www.valueaddbasketball.com. Now Maryland would face Duke in one semifinal, and Kentucky would face Arizona in the other - and AP No. 1 UNC ranked 5th. The adjustments to the rankings listed in the Breitbart Sports story November 2 are the result of removed 26 incorrect players in the database of almost 4000 players (thus lowering those teams) and discovering five teams were missing key players worth five points or more a game:

Rnk

Player

Team

Ht

Yr

Off

Def

Off

Pos-State

Conf

90

Harris, Eron

Michigan St.

6'3

2 So

6.54

0

6.54

SG-MI

B10

103

Drmic, Anthony 3

Boise St.

6'6

2 So

6.38

0

6.38

SF-ID

MWC

123

Rathan-Mayes, Xavier 22

Florida St.

6'4

1 Fr

4

-2.15

6.15

PG-FL

ACC

144

Moss, Justin

Buffalo

6'7

3 Jr

3.49

-2.31

5.8

C-NY

MAC

155

Carter, Robert

Maryland

6'8

2 So

4

-1.72

5.72

PF-MD

ACC

The following are the new rankings of all the teams who would make the tournament either by winning their conference or getting an at-large bid - and we list the next eight teams out.

Rnk

Team

1st Sem

Value Add

Conf

NCAA bid

1

Kentucky

54.92

54.92

SEC

auto

2

Duke

54.26

54.26

ACC

auto

3

Maryland

52.85

52.85

b10

auto

4

Arizona

50.94

50.94

P12

auto

5

North Carolina

50.19

50.19

ACC

at-large

6

Kansas

49.71

49.71

B12

auto

7

Virginia

45.33

45.33

ACC

at-large

8

Wichita St.

43.23

45.23

MVC

auto

9

Michigan St.

44.55

44.55

B10

at-large

10

Utah

44.17

44.17

P12

at-large

11

Baylor

42.84

42.84

B12

at-large

12

Villanova

42.61

42.61

BE

auto

13

Purdue

41.87

41.87

B10

at-large

14

Oklahoma

41.73

41.73

B12

at-large

15

Notre Dame

41.09

41.09

ACC

at-large

16

Ohio St.

40.44

40.44

B10

at-large

17

Vanderbilt

40.39

40.39

SEC

at-large

18

Louisville

40.08

40.08

ACC

at-large

19

Gonzaga

39.87

39.87

WCC

auto

20

Oregon

39.78

39.78

P12

at-large

21

Louisiana St.

36.91

39.41

SEC

at-large

22

Wisconsin

39.34

39.34

B10

at-large

23

Indiana

38.18

38.18

B10

at-large

24

Florida St.

38.07

38.07

ACC

at-large

25

Iowa St.

33.14

37.34

B12

at-large

26

Texas

36.86

36.86

B12

at-large

27

California

36.47

36.47

P12

at-large

28

Cincinnati

36.41

36.41

Amer

auto

29

Pittsburgh

36.39

36.39

ACC

at-large

31

San Diego St.

35.88

35.88

MWC

auto

32

West Virginia

35.45

35.45

B12

at-large

33

Michigan

35.29

35.29

B10

at-large

34

Georgetown

34.63

34.63

BE

at-large

35

Rhode Island

32.04

34.44

A10

auto

36

Butler

31.94

33.94

BE

at-large

37

Connecticut

33.53

33.53

Amer

at-large

38

Xavier

32.62

32.62

BE

at-large

39

Oklahoma St.

32.43

32.43

B12

at-large

40

UAB

32.13

32.13

CUSA

auto

41

Miami FL

31.28

31.28

ACC

at-large

42

Oregon St.

30.93

30.93

P12

at-large

43

Illinois

30.84

30.84

B10

at-large

44

Iowa

30.67

30.67

B10

at-large

45

Clemson

30.67

30.67

ACC

at-large

46

Davidson

30.63

30.63

A10

last 4 in

47

MEMPHIS

30.52

30.52

Amer

last 4 in

48

Texas A&M

30.27

30.27

SEC

last 4 in

49

Nevada Las Vegas

29.97

29.97

MWC

last 4 in

58

Stephen F. Austin

27.73

27.73

Slnd

auto

68

Valparaiso

26.2

26.2

Horz

auto

75

Central Michigan

24.43

24.43

MAC

auto

82

Iona

23.27

23.27

MAAC

auto

86

Vermont

22.43

22.43

AE

auto

91

Hawaii

21.57

21.57

BW

auto

98

Chattanooga

19.61

20.91

SC

auto

104

Louisiana Lafayette

20.29

20.29

SB

auto

105

Princeton

20.01

20.01

Ivy

auto

110

Mount St. Mary's

18.75

18.75

NEC

auto

118

South Dakota St.

18.08

18.08

Sum

auto

120

Hofstra

17.99

17.99

CAA

auto

123

New Mexico St.

17.57

17.57

WAC

auto

128

Montana

17.13

17.13

BSky

auto

133

Lehigh

16.61

16.61

Pat

auto

135

Belmont

16.25

16.25

OVC

auto

137

High Point

16.06

16.06

BSth

auto

146

North Florida

15.27

15.27

ASun

auto

158

Howard

14.39

14.39

MEAC

auto

183

Southern

12.78

12.78

SWAC

auto

50

South Carolina

29.68

29.68

SEC

1st four out

51

Seton Hall

29.38

29.38

BE

1st four out

52

Florida

27.96

29.36

SEC

1st four out

53

Stanford

29.01

29.01

P12

1st four out

54

Syracuse

28.68

28.68

ACC

2nd four out

55

Pepperdine

28.45

28.45

WCC

2nd four out

56

Marquette

28.28

28.28

BE

2nd four out

57

Mississippi St.

28.16

28.16

SEC

2nd four out

The following teams lost points in the database due to previous receiving credit for a player who had either left the team or was duplicated in the system:

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I am the oldest of nine children with nine children of my own. As much as I love sports (Marquette, Auburn, NY Jets and Islanders and Houston Astros) and politics, my family and my faith (Catholic) are the most important things to me. For most of my life, I really enjoyed running and winning political campaigns. Until I turned 50 I would still pull some all nighters as election day approached, but decided when Dave Brat defeated Eric Cantor that would be my last Election Day All-Nighter. Marquette taught me to work hard - I had 18 credits and three jobs totally 60 hours a week my last 3 semesters (intern with US Senator, sports desk of Milwaukee Journal and news editor at Marquette Tribune) and I've never slowed down. I love living in Auburn (top place to live in US by some accounts) and family in Virginia, but also love to get to upstate New York with my Dad's side of the family, and truly love to get back to Milwaukee, and have adopted Cleveland as another city I love.
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